Improvement in harness-saddle trees



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W. BUSTIN. E HARNESS `SADDLE TREE.'

No. 186,461. 'Patented J a1i.zs,1a77p N. PETERS. FHOTD-LITROGRAPHER, WASHIGTON. D, A

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IMPROVEMENT IN HARNESS-SADDLE TREES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N o,

I 86,46 l, dated January 23, 1877 application iiied July 1, 1876.

To all whom vt may concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. BUSTIN,

` of Boston, inthe county of Sui'olk and State of Massachusetts, have invented a newand valuable Improvement in Saddle 'Tree and Seat.; and I do hereby declare that the fol- 'lowing is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same,

l reference heinghad to the annexed drawings,

making a part ot' this specification, and to l the letters and gures of reference marked thereon.

Figurel of' the drawing is a representation of a top view of my saddle tree and seat. Fig. 2 is a bottom view. Fig. 3 is a sectional view. Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional view. Fig.V 5 is a top View. Fig. 6 is a rear view. Fig. 7 is a lsectional view. Fig. 8 is a side view, and Fig. 9 is a sectional view of the same.

This invention has relation to harness-saddles in which the saddle tree and seat are made in one piece, theseat being raised above the skirt portion, and connectedthereto by shoulders; giving the seat a dovetail form in .cross-section, in combination with a molded leather saddle-covering made in one piece, and adapted to fit snugly over the raised saddle-seat, as will be hereinafter more' fully set forth.

In the annexed drawings,` A designates that part of the saddle usually denominated the seat,77 and which may be made ofthe wellknown form. B B are the side pieces, which may be termed the tree-frame, and which are connected together by` the seat, leaving the raised sides a a exposed, in the same manner as are the seats in old forms of harness-saddles. i

The side piecesA B B and the seat A are cast entire, and openings b b are left in the side pieces for the screws of the'reimrings to passthrough. The crupper-strap loop c may be soldered or otherwise fastened to the bottom of the seat.

The raised shoulders` or -sides a c connect the seat with the tree, giving the saddle a dovetail forni in cross-section, whereby the crease a', molded in the leather covering B', will t snugly, the latter being made in one piece, to dispense with stitching at the shoulder.

Figs. 5,6, 7, 8, and 9 show my improved covering for the saddle, which covering consists of a seat portion, A', two jockeys, B

B', and a back piece, C. The seat-.piece andV the iiaps are made'of a single piece dif leather, and the seat-piece is formed so as to exactly lit the top and sides oi' the seat A, which is done by crimping the leather, as shown, between suitable dies. The back piece G is stitched to the back edge ot' the seat portion A', and this. piece U. is slitted, as shown, in Fig. 6, to receive the loop @and lie4 snugly against the bottom of the seat A.

By making the parts A' B'B' of one l piece I avoid seams at the junction of these parts with each other, and 'produce a :more durable covering for the saddle.

What I claim as new, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is-

The cast-metal harnesslsaddle frame, having its saddle portion or set A raised above the tree-frame B, with an under-beveled shoulder, a, giving the saddle a dovetail form in cross-section, in combination with the molded leather saddle covering, consisting ot' the raised portion A', jockeys B', and crimped to conform to the saddle-frame, substantially. as described.

In. testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two witnesses. V

WILLIAM H. BUSTIN.

Witnesses F. J. MASI, H. G. HoLLINGsHEAD. 

